Port Jervis
New station structure with canopy and elevated platform in 2022
General information
Location100 Pike Street
198 Front Street
Port Jervis, New York
Coordinates41°22′29″N 74°41′40″W / 41.3746°N 74.6944°W / 41.3746; -74.6944
Owned byMetro-North Railroad
Line(s)NS Southern Tier Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
Construction
Parking110 spaces[1]
AccessibleYes[1]
Other information
Station code2677 (Erie Railroad)[2]
Passengers
2006170
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Terminus Port Jervis Line Otisville
toward Hoboken

Port Jervis station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line, located in Port Jervis, New York. It is the western terminus of the Port Jervis Line.

Located slightly off US 6 and 209 in downtown Port Jervis, it is the westernmost station in the Metro-North system. It is two blocks from the bridge over the Delaware River to Matamoras, Pennsylvania, which produces some regular commuters. The northwestern tip of New Jersey, also not far away, draws riders as well.

Station layout

Hoboken-bound train at Port Jervis station

The station consists of a short concrete platform, a shelter, ticket machines, and a posted schedule. Renovations to the station were completed and a ribbon cutting was held on October 4, 2021;[3] a high level platform was built and opened on August 10, 2021.[4][5]

There is ample parking. The vicinity of the station contains a yard just beyond (the tracks continue upriver, but only carry freight beyond here) and various features of the once extensive facilities that existed here when it was a division point on the Erie Railroad, including a still-working turntable, used when excursion trains operate from the station. There is also an EMD E8A locomotive, No. 833, stored at Port Jervis, painted in original Erie paint.

The station has two tracks and a high-level[6] side platform with a pathway connecting the platform to the bypass tracks.

Erie Depot

A short distance down the tracks from the station is the Erie Depot, which served as the city's passenger station for much of the 20th century. Built by the Erie Railroad in 1892, when passenger service continued on to Binghamton,[7] it remained in service through the mid-1970s. In 1982 it was redeveloped, and today, it houses medical offices and some small shops.

References

  1. 1 2 "Otisville station". Metro-North Railroad. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. ↑ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ "MTA opens renewed Metro-North Port Jervis Station". Progressive Railroading. October 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Port Jervis Station: New Hi-Level Platform Opens Tuesday, August 10". MTA Metro-North Railroad. August 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ Cohen, Jessica (August 21, 2020). "Port Jervis train station rolls ahead with modernization". Times Herald-Record.
  6. ↑ State, New York. "Governor Hochul Announces Completion of Port Jervis Metro-North Railroad Station Transformation". Governor Hochul Announces Completion of Port Jervis Metro-North Railroad Station Transformation. New York State. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  7. ↑ Emily (May 22, 2012). "Tuesday Tour of the Port Jervis Line: Port Jervis". I Ride The Harlem Line... Retrieved January 24, 2016.
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